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Douglas H. Turner is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology as evidenced by a total of 18 publications in these areas. Medicine is also a significant field for their work, contributing 6 publications related to this domain.

The scientist's main subfields of study include molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, ecology, physical and theoretical chemistry, and internal medicine. Molecular biology dominates their work with 18 related publications, indicating a strong emphasis on the biological mechanisms at the molecular level.

Turner's research topics cover a variety of areas within molecular biology and medicine. The major topics include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

They have contributed to a range of scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some of the recent papers authored include:

  • Systematic review of venous thromboembolism risk categories derived from Caprini score, 2022, Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders
  • Nearest neighbor rules for RNA helix folding thermodynamics: improved end effects, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Single-Stranded RNAs and DNAs of CAAU and UCAAUC as Benchmarks for Molecular Dynamics Simulations, 2020, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra and AMBER OL3 and ROC-RNA Simulations of UCUCGU Reveal Force Field Strengths and Weaknesses for Single-Stranded RNA, 2022, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • NNDB: An Expanded Database of Nearest Neighbor Parameters for Predicting Stability of Nucleic Acid Secondary Structures, 2024, Journal of Molecular Biology

Douglas H. Turner has collaborated frequently with several coauthors. The most common collaborators include:

  • David H. Mathews
  • Scott D. Kennedy
  • Jeffrey Zuber
  • Susan J. Schroeder
  • Hongying Sun

Best Publications

  • Expanded sequence dependence of thermodynamic parameters improves prediction of RNA secondary structure.

    David H. Mathews;Jeffrey Sabina;Michael Zuker;Douglas H. Turner

  • Improved free-energy parameters for predictions of RNA duplex stability

    Susan M. Freier;Ryszard Kierzek;John A. Jaeger;Naoki Sugimoto

  • Incorporating chemical modification constraints into a dynamic programming algorithm for prediction of RNA secondary structure

    David H. Mathews;Matthew D. Disney;Jessica L. Childs;Susan J. Schroeder

  • Thermodynamic parameters for an expanded nearest-neighbor model for formation of RNA duplexes with Watson - Crick base pairs

    Tianbing Xia;John SantaLucia;Mark E. Burkard;Ryszard Kierzek

  • Algorithms and Thermodynamics for RNA Secondary Structure Prediction: A Practical Guide

    M. Zuker;D. H. Mathews;D. H. Turner

  • Improved predictions of secondary structures for RNA.

    John A. Jaeger;Douglas H. Turner;Michael Zuker

  • Base-stacking and base-pairing contributions to helix stability: thermodynamics of double-helix formation with CCGG, CCGGp, CCGGAp, ACCGGp, CCGGUp, and ACCGGUp.

    Matthew Petersheim;Douglas H. Turner

  • Coaxial Stacking of Helixes Enhances Binding of Oligoribonucleotides and Improves Predictions of RNA Folding

    Amy E. Walter;Douglas H. Turner;James Kim;Matthew H. Lyttle

  • Prediction of RNA secondary structure by free energy minimization.

    David H Mathews;Douglas H Turner;Douglas H Turner

  • Predicting thermodynamic properties of RNA.

    Martin J. Serra;Douglas H. Turner

  • Investigation of the Structural Basis for Thermodynamic Stabilities of Tandem GU Mismatches: Solution Structure of (rGAGGUCUC)2 by Two-Dimensional NMR and Simulated Annealing†,‡

    Jeffrey A. McDowell;Douglas H. Turner

  • Predicting oligonucleotide affinity to nucleic acid targets.

    David H. Mathews;Mark E. Burkard;Susan M. Freier;Jacqueline R. Wyatt

  • Context Dependence of Hydrogen Bond Free Energy Revealed by Substitutions in an RNA Hairpin

    John SantaLucia;Ryszard Kierzek;Douglas H. Turner

  • The contribution of pseudouridine to stabilities and structure of RNAs

    Elzbieta Kierzek;Magdalena Malgowska;Jolanta Lisowiec;Douglas H. Turner

  • Dynamics of ribozyme binding of substrate revealed by fluorescence-detected stopped-flow methods

    Philip C. Bevilacqua;Ryszard Kierzek;Kenneth A. Johnson;Douglas H. Turner

  • Thermal unfolding of a group I ribozyme: the low-temperature transition is primarily disruption of tertiary structure.

    Aloke Raj Banerjee;John A. Jaeger;Douglas H. Turner

  • Laser temperature-jump, spectroscopic, and thermodynamic study of salt effects on duplex formation by dGCATGC.

    Alison P. Williams;Carl E. Longfellow;Susan M. Freier;Ryszard Kierzek

  • Laser Raman temperature-jump study of the kinetics of the triiodide equilibrium. Relaxation times in the 10-8 -10-7 second range

    Douglas H. Turner;George W. Flynn;Norman Sutin;James V. Beitz

  • Thermodynamic and spectroscopic study of bulge loops in oligoribonucleotides.

    Carl E. Longfellow;Ryszard Kierzek;Douglas H. Turner

  • Thermodynamics of Single Mismatches in RNA Duplexes

    Ryszard Kierzek;Mark E. Burkard;Douglas H. Turner

  • Free energy increments for hydrogen bonds in nucleic acid base pairs

    Douglas H. Turner;Naoki Sugimoto;Ryszard Kierzek;Scott D. Dreiker

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryszard Kierzek
Ryszard Kierzek Polish Academy of Sciences
David H. Mathews
David H. Mathews University of Rochester Medical Center
Matthew D. Disney
Matthew D. Disney Scripps Research Institute
Philip C. Bevilacqua
Philip C. Bevilacqua Pennsylvania State University
Naoki Sugimoto
Naoki Sugimoto Konan University
Ignacio Tinoco
Ignacio Tinoco University of California, Berkeley
Norman Sutin
Norman Sutin Brookhaven National Laboratory
Eric M. Phizicky
Eric M. Phizicky University of Rochester
George W. Flynn
George W. Flynn Columbia University
Thomas H. Eickbush
Thomas H. Eickbush University of Rochester

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